Lisa Hannigan talks writing process for third album

Graciously accepting her Hotties gong for 'Best Female' in the new issue of Hot Press, Lisa Hannigan also spoke candidly about her time living in London, where writing on the follow-up to 2011's Passenger is currently ongoing.
"I have good days and bad days with it," the songstress admits, "But when I'm working it's going pretty well. I do have a good few days of not doing anything, which is hard. I'm not so good at the 'sitting and waiting' thing! Isolating myself a bit certainly works for me."
As for whether there's a tentative release date in place…
"NOOO!" Hannigan shrieks good-naturedly. "It just depends how bloody slow I am with ol' writing. I'd love to have one out late this year or early next year. I'm afraid to curse myself by saying anything!"

For more with Lisa, and further Hotties reaction from The Script's Danny O'Donoghue, pick up the new issue of Hot Press (Elbow cover).

If that doesn't quite meet your Hannigan requirements, you can also check out her new cultural podcast with Dylan Haskins: Soundings.

"It has been great fun," she says of the pod. "Or had been great fun until Dyan started his new 'Desensitisation Of Lisa' notions [a new feature in which Haskins gets her to confront her fears, such as hanging out in a cave]. The cave… it was enjoyable in retrospect. Once I was out of the cave, I enjoyed that I'd done it! He made me go to see an actual horror theatre show last night, which was genuinely quite terrifying. But I survived that too. I think by the end of it I'm going to be pretty … hardcore!
"I don't know how long it's going to go on for but it definitely seems like the better I handle it, the more they're throwing at me. I should probably try and pretend I'm not as brave as I appear to be from the last few! I hope it lessens a bit now, it's not really my bag to be honest. I saw The Shining and I think that's enough for anybody!"